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Show A Difcoure of Foreft-Trees. Chap.VI. CHAP. VI. Of the App. Chap. VI. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. becaufe being yet young,it is but of a fpomgie fubftance; but being once well fixed, you may cut him as clofe tothe earth as you pleafe ;it will caufe him to fhoot prodigioufly; fo asin a few years to be fit for Pike-/faves. Young Afhes are fometimes in. Winter Jroft-burnt, black as Coals; and then to ufe the knife is feafonable though they do commonly recover of themfelves fiowly, In South-Spain ( where as wefaid arethe beft ) after the firlt dref= fing, they let them grow till they are fo big, as being cleft into four parts, each part isfufficient to make a Pikelaff: 1. e , the one afWoRaxinus the Af, is with us Aale and Fessal fetting the higher grounds : The other the plains, of foa e5 whiter wood, and rifing many timesto a prodigious ftatur thirty for fold been hath Afb an , Key the from asin forty years one that m'd, infor bly credi been pound flerling : And have r in hislife Perfon hath planted fo much of this one fort of Tizbe be time , as hath been valued worth fifty thoufand pounds to pleaand l, afmal for ents, ragem y encou prett are Thefe t. bough efant induftry. That thereis a lower , and more Avotty fort’, vy : very Husbandman can diftinguifh, 2, The Keys being gathered when they begin to fall ( which is about the end of Odober, and the enfuing Month) are to be fowed; but not altogether fo deep as your former Mafts ; Thus they do in Spain : from whenceit were goodto procure fomeofthe keyes from their beft trees : A very narrow Seminary will be fuffi- cient to {tore an whole Country : They willlyea tull year in the ground before they appear; therefore you muft carefully Fexce them allthat timeand have patience : But if you would makea confiderable Wood of them at once, Dig,or Plow a parcel of ground, as you would prepareit for Cor and with the Corz(or what other Grain youthinkfitteft) fowalfo goodftore of Keys,fome Crab- kernels,é-c. amongft them: Take off your Crop of Corn,or Seed in its Seafon , and the next year following it will be cover'd with young 4/hes, whichwill be fit either to ftand (which I prefer ) or be tranfplanted for divers years after; and thefe you will find to be far better then any you can gather out of the Woods (efpecially Suekers, which are worth nothing ) being removed at one foot ftature ( the fooner the better ) provided you defend them well from Cattel : Thereafon ofthis hafty tranfplanting , is to prevent their obftnate, and deep rooting; tantus amor terre — which makes them hard tobe taken up when they growolder, and that being removedthey take no great hold till the fecond year, after which, they come away amain : Yet I have planted them offive and fixinches diametre , which have thriven as well asthe fmaller mands, Cut not his headat all (which being young is pithy ) nor, by any means, thefibrous part of the Roots; onely, that down-right , or Tap-root ( which gives our Husbandmen fo much trouble in drawing ) is to be totally abated : But this work ought to be in the ihcreafe of Odober , or November , and not in the Spring. Weare (asItold you) willing to {pare his head ; becaufe Lamtold there is a Flenifh Ajh planted by the Dutchmen in Lincolnfhire whichin fix years grows to be worth twenty fhillings the Tree; but Iam not aflur'd whether itbe the 4 or <Abeeles either of them were, upon this account, a worthy encouragement. From thefe low Cuttings come our Ground-afhes , fo much fought after for Arbours, Efpaliers, and other Pole-works : ‘They will {pring in abundance, and may be reduced to owefor a Stamdard-tree, or for Timber, it youdefign it; for thus Hydra like, a Ground: cut- Af, By havock, Woinds, and Blows, Morelively and luxuriant gtows. Perdamna, per cades, ab j Ducit opes ve animumqueie ferra, Hog. Afb will be propagated from a Bough flipt off with fome of the old wood, alittle before the Bud fwells. Such as they referve for Spears in Spain, they keep fhrip'd up clofe tothe ffem, and plant them in clofe order , and moylter places, Thefe they cut above the kvot (for the leaft zodofity {poilsall ) in the decreafe of Fannary, which were ofthe lateft forus : It isreported that the 4 will not onely receive its own kind, but graff, ot be inoculated with the Pear and Apple, but to what improvement I know not. 3. Itis by no means convenient to plant 4) in Plow-lands ; for the Roots willbe obnoxious to the Coxlter ; and the shade of the Tree is malignant to Corz when the head and branches over-drip it; but in Hedge-rowes, and Plumps, they will thrive exceedingly where they maybe difpos'd at nine or ten foot diftance , and fometimes neerer : But in planting of a whole Wood of feveral kinds of Trees for Timber, every third fet at leaft, would be an Af, The beft 4 delights inthe beft Land (which it will foon impoverifh) yet grows in any ; fo it be not over: wet, arid approaching to the Mar/hy , unlefle it be firft well drain'd : By the Banks of {weet and cryftal Rivers and Streams, I have obferv'd them to thrive infinitely. One may obferve as manifeft a difference in the Timberof A/bes, as of the Oak; much more than is found in any one kind of Elw, ceteris paribus : For {fo the ground- Afh (like the Oak) miuch excells a bough , or branch of the fame bulk,for ftrength and toughneffe ;_ and in yet farther emulation of the Oak ,it has been known to prove as good, and Jafting Timber for Building , nay y preferr'd before it, where there has H 2 been |
